When beautiful, but naïve, understudy Christine finds herself headlining the opera house she becomes an instant sensation, adored not just by the audiences but also by the Phantom, a disfigured musical genius who lurks in the darkest recesses of the theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of the classic tale gets its movie debut, and a big, glossy, shiny, singy thing it is too.
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1943)
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A lush Technicolor musical extravaganza about the embittered and disfigured ex-violinist who promotes the career of the beautiful diva that he loves, but ends up kidnapping her and dragging her down to his pad in the sewers.
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THE THREE MUSKETEERS (DISNEY) (2004)
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Mickey, Donald and Goofy take up their swords in this faithful adaptation of the Dumas classic novel of swashbuckling adventure and Quixotic nobility. Of course, some of the novels subtlety is lost in the animation process, but the story seems particularly well suited for Disneyfication. Princss Minnie's kingdom is overthrown in a coup led by Peg Leg Pete and his lieutenant Clarabelle and the Musketeers rally together to restore normality to the situation. The message is clear: together, we're s
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WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)
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Roald Dahl's story about a poor boy who wins a trip round a magic chocolate factory and, like all Dahl stories, this is a moral tale with a distincly dark side to it. Gene Wilder is wonderfully cynical and sadistic as Mr Wonka and some of the sets are very psychedelic. This film is a lighter semi-musical version of the book - great for the kids.
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